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King of California (album)

King of California is an album by the American musician Dave Alvin, released in 1994.

Reception

AllMusic critic Mark Deming wrote: "While King of California was often lumped in with the then-fashionable unplugged craze, in retrospect it was the album where Dave Alvin's abilities as a performer began to catch up with his gifts as a songwriter, pointing the way for his later albums Blackjack David and Public Domain."

Track listing

All songs by Dave Alvin unless otherwise noted.

  1. "King of California" – 4:51
  2. "Barn Burning" – 4:01
  3. "Fourth of July" – 4:35
  4. "Goodbye Again" (Dave Alvin, Rosie Flores) – 3:58 (duet with Flores)
  5. "East Texas Blues" (Alex Moore) – 4:07
  6. "Every Night About This Time" – 4:24
  7. "Bus Station" – 4:04
  8. "Mother Earth" (Memphis Slim) – 3:39
  9. "Blue Wing" (Tom Russell) – 3:43
  10. "Little Honey" (Alvin, John Doe) – 5:10
  11. "(I Won't Be) Leaving" – 5:06
  12. "What Am I Worth" (Darrell Edwards, George Jones) – 3:20 (duet with Syd Straw)
  13. "Border Radio" – 3:51

Bonus tracks on 2019 reissue

  1. "Riverbed Rag" – 3:11
  2. "The Cuckoo" – 4:06 (duet with Katy Moffatt)
  3. "Kern River" (Merle Haggard) – 3:55

Personnel

  • Dave Alvin – vocals, guitar
  • Chris Gaffney – background vocals
  • Bob Glaub – bass
  • Patrick Warren – keyboards
  • Don Heffington – drums, percussion
  • James Cruce – drums, percussion, washboard
  • Bob Clar – bass, percussion
  • Greg Leisz – guitar, slide guitar, pedal steel guitar, lap slide guitar, Weissenborn, mandolin
  • Alan Deremo – bass
  • Skip Edwards – accordion, organ
  • Don Falzone – bass
  • Rosie Flores – vocals on "Goodbye Again"
  • Bobby Lloyd Hicks – drums, percussion, background vocals
  • James Intveld – bass
  • David Jackson – accordion
  • Donald Lindley – drums, percussion, background vocals
  • Syd Straw – vocals on "What Am I Worth"
  • Steve Van Gelder – fiddle
  • Jimmie Wood - Harmonica

Production notes

  • Paul DuGre – engineer, mixing
  • Joe Peccerillo – assistant engineer
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Shelly Heber – design
  • Beth Herzhaft – photography

References